Is this accepted now? Young children and electronics on public transport.

[AnneGrommit]

The last few times I've been on a train (not in quiet coach) and quite often on the bus I've had my peace disturbed by toddlers with phones/tablets either playing noisy games on them or watching programmes. When I've asked parents to rein them in I've been invariably met with either passive aggressive remarks about not liking children (I have three myself) or outright hostility and a statement along the lines of "it keeps them quiet". No, it doesn't. It stops them from pestering you but it's far from quiet. AIBU or is this an accepted "thing" now? Because it's fucking annoying.

But the culture of the area I live is very much influenced by other cultures.

No, they are in their own homes, so even more entitled to do their own thing than when sharing public spaces with others! No they aren't it is a private space and so is the neighbours so invading a private space with noise is very different to noise happening in a public space where there will be all sorts of noise.

People regularly walk down the high street here pulling a speaker on a trolley behind them!

What a bizarre logic fail! People can't play music loud enough to disturb others in their own home, but they can on a train or in a restaurant?

Now we know you're just trolling.

It's not stigmatising people to call them dicks when they are being dickish. Or rude and entitled when they think the world revolves round them and they make the "rules" that everyone else has to obey.

Since when was traveling on public transport peaceful?

Society makes the rules, not me. And the majority of society knows this to be dickish behavior.

Or rude and entitled when they think the world revolves round them and they make the "rules" that everyone else has to obey.

Like thinking that the world revolves around you and your child and your rule is that everyone else should suck it up if you want your child to play a noisey game?
If you are making a noise with a game then everyone else has no choice but to listen to it. That is rude and entitled.

Since when was traveling on public transport peaceful

It's not. Thats no excuse for you to make it even worse, is it?

Fucking hell try catching my bus in the morning that's full of schoolkids.

Society makes the rules, not me. And the majority of society knows this to be dickish behavior. Really is there a book with all the rules, have you done a survey to prove what the majority of society thinks? Lots of people on this thread seem to disagree with you.

The difference though is that you are not being disturbed in your own home. You are being mildly irritated for a short amount of time in a public place.

Being regularly disturbed in your own private home is an entirely different matter to having to tolerate other members of the public in public areas.

It is all about tolerance and realising that other people have a right to exist in a public place without having to worry about your wish for silence (or whatever noise you specifically deem acceptable).

All this aside, when I talked about resilience before I meant it.
It is incredible that so many people find it utterly unacceptable to have endure a mildly irritrating situation.

My son finds it extremely irritating when my daughter sings in the car. Sometimes I ask her to stop, sometimes it doesn't seem fair to. My son has to learn to live with this irritaion - and many other irritations he will encounter in life.

Like thinking that the world revolves around you and your child and your rule is that everyone else should suck it up if you want your child to play a noisey game? As I said earlier my eldest is 46, to my knowledge he doesn't watch PeppaPig and as he drives himself around his noise wouldn't be bothering anyone anyway. Nice try though.

Do you not understand the accepted rules of civilized society? How difficult for you. You must be pissing off people left right and centre.

DeannaTroika so there isn't a book and you have no evidence. So people who let their kids watch PeppaPig can continue to do so, you know those members of society who have an opinion just as valid as yours.

I'm sure when I sit on a train reading a book the noise of the pages turning must bother some, tough life isn't it.

Now we know you're just trolling. Lol.

No dear, people don't need a book, it's just known. And no, their opinions are NOT a valid as mine.

DeannaTroika, and they are the entitled selfish ones? I think you need time out.

You know exactly what I mean Granny
Like someone thinking that the world revolves around them and their child and their rule is that everyone else should suck it up if they want their child to play a noisey game?

Does that make it easier for you to understand?

DeannaTroika, and they are the entitled selfish ones

Yes dear, glad to see you're finally on board! I knew you'd get there eventually.

DeannaTroika, yes dear, now go and play quietly.l

First about tuning noise out - if it is a constant noise that you live with you get used to it. So the sheep -or the heavy traffic. I used to live in London and lived on a couple of main-ish roads and visitors commented on it but the only thing I really noticed was how quiet it was when I visited countryside outside London. In fact one place I lived was on a main route to a hospital and in a less savoury neighbourhood - I had a siren (Ambulance or Police) going past a couple of times an hour - all night...it used to wake me up but I got used to it -just stopped hearing it.
The thing about devices is they are different sounds - different games etc - not ones you can get used to. Same with a mobile phone conversation - I think cos you can only hear one side of the conversation your brain is (on some level) trying to work out what the other person is saying/thinking they are talking to you - means you are paying more attention than a live conversation...which you can on the whole let drift over you.
I really think it is extremely inconsiderate for anyone - young or old to play a game/watch a video with the sound on or listen to music with no earphones in public. And also listen to things at a high volume -so you get the tinny sound.
These people who think it isn't an issue - how would you feel if I or my child was learning a musical instrument - say the violin or trumpet and thought I'd take advantage of a long journey/commute to get some practise in...would that be inconsiderate?

I will say there is a positive side to technology moving on...a good few years ago I was on a long coach journey. There was an older teen on a seat just in front of me - they spent the whole journey texting. They had the keyboard sounds on -so it was a constant beep beep beep only interrupted by an irritating text notification sound... I can't describe how annoying it was ... (maybe even more annoying than the child with a tablet I mentioned earlier) but then I guess it was because it was almost constant for 7 hrs...